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Michelle Visits Homeland Security, Which Has Its Eye on Right-Wing Radicals
First Lady Michelle Obama made a stop at the Department of Homeland Security today to thank federal workers there for all the hard work.
So what have Secretary Janet Napolitano and DHS been up to these days? Well, the Department just warned law enforcement officials about a rise in "right-wing extremist activity."
Two Out of Three Americans Living in Constitution-Free Zone
Welcome to the border — where anyone can be stopped and searched. It used to be just the point of entry along Canada and Mexico, but Homeland Security has taken an increasingly loose — or wide — interpretation of it. Now?
Clothes Call? Woman Kicked Out For Lesbian T-Shirt
Normally a woman entering a federal building to pick up a social security card for her son wouldn't end up in controversy. Unfortunately for Lapriss Gilbert, she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, wearing the wrong t-shirt. When she arrived at the government complex sporting a t-shirt with the words “lesbian.com” on the front, a private security officer hired by the Homeland Security Department stopped her and demanded she leave the premises.
Heightened Terror Alert Coming to an America Near You
The Department of Homeland Security is getting ready to declare August 2008 through July 2009 a "Period of Heightened Alert" — that is, a timeframe in which terrorists would have a greater incentive to attack. Concerns about high profile events like the Olympics, the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and the transition out of the Bush Administration have prompted the change, which requires Homeland Security to redouble its efforts to study terrorism leads, according to ABC News.
US officials are keeping the color level at yellow instead of orange, because they don't want to be accused of interfering with the presidential campaign, a concession which suggests awareness that raising fears of terrorism can serve political ends.
Doctors List Who Should Die in a Pandemic
If a global and deadly pandemic hits, doctors will have to chose who to save, and thus, who to let die. Prominent doctors have now put out a definitive list of who is in and who is out.
They made the list at the behest of prominent universities and military and US governmental agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services.
War of the Words — Don't Call It Jihad Anymore!
The war on terror just got a new front: the dictionary. This week, the language officials from the State Department and the Department of Homelands Security use to describe the war is set to get a makeover.
Out: Jihadists; Mujahdeen; Islamo-fascism.
Two Tales of "Good Enough For Government Work"
Well, the US government might be taking that old chestnut a tad too literally today. Check out these two blunders of bureaucratic proportions.
Over at the Department of Homeland Security, the top immigration enforcement official ordered the destruction of photographs of an office Halloween party.
Border Fence Going Forward, Bypassing Regulations
Government regulations don't always apply to the government. The US government has waived environmental and other regulations that stood as a barrier to the completion of nearly 500 miles of a planned barrier fence along the border with Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff slammed the gate on delays the regulations presented to the controversial barrier project.
304,000 US Prisoners Eligible For Deportation
304,000 criminals sitting in US jails are eligible for deportation. The problem? It will cost $2 billion a year to find them and deport them.
More Biometrics? Should Your Fingerprint Be Your ID?
If you're a foreign traveler heading into JFK airport, be ready to have all ten digits scanned. As part of a heightened security plan, the Department of Homeland Security just announced an upgrade from a two-finger scan to ten. Officials say,
"Biometrics have revolutionized our ability to prevent dangerous people from entering the United States since 2004.
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